I prefer playing on my own, but only because I hate using the text chat in-game. I used to play with my friend and we would just use our phones to text each other, so it was much more fun then. If there was a way to chat like mic functionality, I would really enjoy playing online a lot more. ^_^ The text chat just kills the mood for me almost every time. Not only is there not much to do in-game, the time between dialogues because it takes so long to type just makes the experience really slow and boring. Why did Nintendo add a mic to the 3DS but no voice functionality for their games?? Sure, it's nice to blow into it every now and then (like with dandelions) but that is really not the main point of having a mic, Nintendo.. Lol